Universal Credit: Health
Commons · Question 63563 · Tabled 30 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Grahame Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will clarify whether people in receipt of legacy benefits who are migrated to Universal Credit through the managed migration process will be treated as new claimants for the purposes of the healt
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 3 Jul 2025
The Department plans to complete migration of ESA claimants to UC by March 2026. As part of this ESA claimants will be migrated to the UC Health Element. To protect any claimants who have not migrated by April 2026 we intend to mirror as closely as possib...